Evening Star Newspaper, July 30, 1922, Page 47

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Magazines and newspapers are full of photographic contests to determine the outstanding * physical ot American beauty, -and ‘many essays appear in books and periodicals dis. cussing at length some of the many complex angles of the more elusive spiritual type of the American girl. She is really like a beautiful glass prism—delightfully simple and crystal | clgar to gase at in genial admiration i but infinitely complex and evasively fragile when closer Inspection is at- tempted. EE I the first place, there are many possibilities for the origin of this ! ideal girl in a nation which is univer- sally proclaimed to be the “melting pot of the world." She may be a di- rect descendant of one of the much- talked-about voyagers on the May- {flower. Yet, on the other hand, she may be the daughter of immigrants | who came to this country less than a generation ago. She may be a girl of lowly origin who, b liancy and will power, has won a place for herself in the world of busi- | ness, or she may be a much-coddled | boardIng-school girl, daughter of rich | parents, who, in spite of her luxu- |rious upbringing, ! unspoiled, capable character. has developed an It may readily be seen that there sorts of possibilities as to ever, we find, after discussing this subject with people of academle, sci- entific and ordinary points of view, that the general view would place the average American girl as the daugh- ter of a family whose finances would { place them in“what in Efigland is con- sidered the upper middle class. Although claes distinction does ex- iat in our own democratic coumtry to | quite & definite degree, it is, after all, | more oriless of a movable feast in the case of each Individual family. Every family af the two-flat apartment pockeétbook - 48 “ striving yaliantly to lachieve the apartment house with the | marble_vestibule, while the inhabi- tants of such an apartment are grasp- !ing after a tin Lissie and a bungalow. : So it goes on up the scale—the regular American tralt of “keeping up with the Joneses.” Because of this national‘tendency, it is even more dif- {ficult to put the American girl in a particular pigeonhole and keep her j there. THEN too. the American sirl is so full of energy and ambition that she is not content to allow herself to et into a definite business or social | groove. She is forever seeking to | cultivate her abilities along. varied lines. Through lege lecture courses, women's clubs and arts and _crafts departments: of | 1arge city stores, she learns at least the’ fundamentals of many subjects * ok K X clology and rhythmic _dancing, . to poets of South. America, French music 'composers and china painting. ‘Many.s young stenographer's moth- er-is made to feel distinétly. uncom- fortable, if..not actually unhappy, When dughiter insfsts that the huge vame with the red roses on it and the K014 fasseled plang lamp- shade- ¥ &0, to be replaced by a peculiar, mus tard-yellow' eandl¢ In_a grotesque, wooden ---candlestick, painted with cartwheel blossoms, and a parchment lamp shade of black, with exotic trop- ical birds painted on it. But there is always hope, for probably next year she will study the period of the French renaissance and dainty shep- herdesses will hold sway over the par- Geo. Plitt Co » taia <Bes lor decorations. Y th Yet, after al pirit of dilet- AUGUSTSALE OF FURS 40 Inches Long and Our August sale of Furs is a yearly event.. It means more than other fur sales, because we manu- facture an endless: variety of the latest novelties. in furs from selected skins. We kéep ourex- pert furriers busy making up during the dull season. This saves you the middleman’s profit and also much of the aver- age manufactur- ~rer’s overhead. ... $130 of Very Fine skins / BAY SEAL COATS . ... $75 40 Inel Lenk—Large Collars and. Bell Cuff; HUDSON SEAL COATS, $265 40 Inchen Long—Beaver, Sq FRENCH SEAL COATS, $1 uirrel and Skunk Trimmed, . 40 Trimmed With Skunk, Squirrel and Beaver ‘'NATURAL RACCOON ' ' - Of Exeeptionally Fine Skims FUR SCARFS FOR FAI;L PLATINUM, WHITE AND BLU E FOXES That Are So Much in Vogue Handsome New Fall Wraps . We are showing a big style fall wraps of of very.handsome Bqul rnhnk.:flnm Mols, Persian uu: Mink and Alaska Seal. ‘Each one is marked at a tremendous saving from regular lster prices. Al smail your selection until you are ready for its delivery. leposit will shold ‘Wm. Rosendorf 13 G STREET - OPTOSITE DULIN AND MARTIN » the medium of col-! ranging from French and Spanish, so-1: 1n Conducted by Helen H. Fetter. I:ntllm is to be commended rather smattering of knowledge about subject implants a seed of resl in- terest and a dawning appreclation of t ic principles that govern that: subject, which may be much more f1 ly developed later on. Although little knowledge is a dangero thing” sometimes, it surely is a step above complete, unmoved ignorance and indifference. The average American girl not only | has an unusually wide and varied col- lection: of interests in things artistic and intellectual, but she is also usual- . many girls speclalize {n _dancing, hockey, golf. swimming. * Rifle prac- tice is a sport of growing popular- ity with the American girl and- she always has liked hiking and “roush- n o this connectlon, it 1s tnteresting to note how well the average hig! school girl stands in her studies while engaging on the side in many school actlvities. A SUMMARY of the predominating traits of the average American &!rl who can be found in practically } every community of the United States' would include the following char-] acteristics: A general grade of excel- of_sunburn, much to b cfimg‘ sun| mi or ‘Worthingfon was ferced to lence In studies; ability to make the hour in the Decatur of todsy’s * k¥ % team in at least one athletic sport; ability as a dancer and probably a fair singing voice; knowledge of some of the simpler compositions of m ters of music (usually via the pian methodical study along some Ii With a definite vocation in view rather superficlal knowledge of hou hold duties; excellent abllity “knitter of sweaters”; well-develop taste In dressing: an assortment of Knowledge of literature and drama. with & wide range i through the choosing- detalled knowledge of the moving pjcture actors and actre: and a varied array of side inter Such as fads for different kinds o fancy work for Christm: and wed- ding presents. " Probably the age girl's most qualities are her sincere en- s, | quick | perception and In- evitably sensible attitude toward everything and everybody. Another Washington Girl Conference Head Members of the Girls' Friendship Clubs, affillated with the Y. W. C. A. ds girl reserves, are delighted with the successful meeting held at Camp Nepahwin, Canton, Pa. recently, when Miss Alice Willlams, a member of the Central High School Club, was elected president for -the conference at the camp next year. This is an unusual honor. as cities of four states are represented at the conference. and Washington is receiving this honor }tor the second time in two years I "Two_ years ago Miss Alice Haines was clected to this office. Miss Wil- Harns Ewing MISS ALICE WILLIAMS, liams, who is only a sophomore at the high school, was also elected as next year's president of the Central club known as the Bon Secour Club, and one of the most: infiuential of the organizations of that school. Miss Ruth Van Stynen was léader of this years conference and was head of the contingent from Allen- town, Pa. The conference, as re- ported ‘by members of thé Washing- ton, delegation, was considered most successful. - The fundamental motive of this annual conference is expreksed in the motto, “To break down: bar- riers, to deepen thinking ‘and. to widen the reach of the love of the mem- bers. i M Helen Findlay, representing the Washington Young Girls' Club, feels that she hag accomplished her purpose while at the conference, which she attended in order to help further the friendship between working_girl and the high school girl. Upon her suggestion it was agreed that next year a working girl from each city of the districts repre- sented should be sent to the confer- ence as well as the high school dele- The Washington delegates who have just returned from the conference are Alice Willlams (Central High School), Ruth Carpenter (Business High School), Ella April (Esstern High School), Olyve ~Barbee (McKinley Training 8chool). Margery Smith (Western High School), and Mrs. Louise Baldwin, chaperon of the party. Little Girls Publish An Apartment Paper A unique little,sheet is written every week by three girls, twelve to fourteen years of age, who live in one of the Iarge apartment houses of the city. Thelr paper is of the standard large tablet size and is decorated with a very businesslike heading. There are three columns of neatly written news to a page, the center column be- ing almost double in sise, or what in newspaper lingo would be termed “one-and-a-half.” The front page always has a clever cartoon on som timely subject. The picture used in a recent issue was an exceedingly interesting line drawing of three al] girls « (the chief is- )t-n‘h"' iida; assosiat Mary C. W municipal bathing pools. is puln-fiy ;: of the water -n:.' W soon fihr the difficulties of ming. Miss Childe received will The sea Was green, reen 3 "And M et Ee e Taeer ¢ 1t_rustied just like taffeta, With woft, mysterious grace. The sky was blue—as usual Soft flouds hid every trace f heat, except the dassling smiles Upon 01d Bol's round face. rmath ahook her thick bobbed Bair, Knees, d flirted with the_breese. And_sometimes she'd get pp and ‘dive Where rolled the small White caps That, ceas y as mercary, Waked fishes from their naps. And, an she nat upon that raft Aid gave her halr tha. toss, 014 Sol decided tnat he'd show This mermaid he was boss. Bo. on her neck, below her hair. e bent his hottest gase And concentrated on her arms And knees, until a bl of stinging red n to spread. A% Mustard’ plasters barn, en, up the startled mermaid d "And ‘Whorew doe T, P did And now that In sbject m! Her beet-red skin is peeling It's sore as sore can be. mermaid sity at home tsery; But out beyond the green, 0ld Rol winks merrily And says, “‘These bobbed-haired Lorelel Can’t vamp a man like me!" NAMES FOR GIRLS And What They Mean A pretty name, which also has un- usually pretty nicknames, is Dorothy, meaning “gift of God." A girl with this name should have a generous disposition, because the “token” Is her emblem. It has been noted that many of the Dorothys of history wers especially cheerful of disposition and famed for giving to others. ‘There are two famous St. Drro- thys, one of whom, the popular mar- tyr maiden of Cappadocia, a rather amusing legend connected with her story. It seems that The- ophilus was the judge under Emperor Diocletian who sent 8t. Dorothy to her doom. He waxgd facetlous on this sad occasion and called out jok- ingly, oing to paradise, en? Well, Dorothy, send me some apples and when you get ther: And, the legend continues, while the judge was feasting A heavenly apparition ap- peared before him, and an angel brought hims a golden basket filled with apples and roses with the me: sage that Dorothy sent them. There- fore artistic repr saint invariably basket of apples and roses. y's name day ‘ebruary 6 and is celebrated by both the Roman and Greek Catholic Churches. The name Dorothy was exceedingly popular during the days of Oliver . green waves, great Oliver's mother name was Dorothy, and hardly a Roundhead family but had Doy in its midst. Dorothy Mari of Saxe Weimar, is the ancestress of all the monarchs and princes toda who are related in any way to the house of Saxony. Among this nim- ber is King George of England. Prob- ably the most vivid Dorothy of It erature is Dorothea Brook, the ve: modern heroine of “Middlemarch,’ the famous novel by Geor 5 The name Theodora is from the same origin as Dorothy and Dorothea in fact, it is simply the latter in- verted for the sake of Ts 4. m cal, but whereas Dorothy's symbol is the laurestine (an evergreen shrub), Theodora’s is the potato blossom, There are many famous Theodoras of noted woman politicians of this name. in the tenth century there were two noted women politiclans of this name. They were known as Theodore the Elder and Theodora the Younger. The surname “Tudor” is considered to be a form of Theodore, the mascu- line form of this name. Among the many charming diminu- tives of Dorothy and Theodora are Dolly, Dora, Dorinda, Dorette, Do- ralice, Dorosia, Theo, Dotty, Teddy and Tosa. ~ —_——— Coleman Worthington spent the morning in the woods playing the old and celebrated game, ‘Conse- Qquences. “In the afternoon Miss Childs, was Invited to play ‘Pit’ with Miss Fearn Chambers, Mr. John Warren, and Miss Hewson in the latter’s apart- ment. Miss Childs lost all game: but spent a very pleasant afternoon. “Miss Mary Donohue has planted some cherry seeds and is anxiously awaiting the appearance of a cherry tree. Mr. Frank Donohue, jr., is the proud possessor of an axe.” “Messrs. Stewart Chambers and Page Worthington went to the American League ball park to see & which was very interesting aside from the faot that Cleveland beat Washington, 4—1. The new southpaw, Brillheart, pitched, but was soon put down by Francis. In addition to general news, so- ciety notes, sport returns, cartoon and a list of current bilis at all Washington's largest motion picture houses, this number of The Gossip contains a poem by Miss Nell Childs entitled *“Your Chanc and an an- nouncement, “Look next week for the Make a very strong lémonade, using a cupful of sugar and five lemons to each quart of water. Between the fingers bruise the stems and lower leaves of a few sprigs of mint that have been well washed and drop them into the lemonade. To each quart of the liquid add the same amount of ginger ale. Allow the punch to stand about half an hour with a generous piece of I before serving, as that length of time is necessary for the flavor of the mint to become thor- oughly diffused through the punch. e The cinchona forest in Java covers about 25,000 acres. The larger part of the world’s supply of quinine comes from that country. 2 g’Girls and Their Affairs Miss Paul Upholdl Rifil’\tl of Wi Women and Girls. In spite of the fact that the world generally has taken unusually long strides forward in the development of business opportunities for. wonien, there are’ stilll many professions which are ostensibly open to wamen but are practically closed .to them. It not completely closed to wonten, they are at least elosed in possibfli- ties for advancement to all ‘of the higher positions of ~reaponsibiiity. Theretore a woman's organization in Washington that had a large part in the achievement of suffrage for wom- MISS ALICE PAUL. taken upon itself the’ solving of the many and varied problems which yet face women and girls be- fore.they can have true equality with men in lines of business. As it is, the girl does not in most professions have an equal chance financially or from a point of view of professional training with _her brother. The woman's party is an organiza- tion which has as its primary object the removal of ail forms of the sub- jugation of women. From 1913 to 1920 the society bent all its concen- trated efforts on heiping in the achieving of the franchise. Since that date the members have reorganized | and are now endeavoring to interest all women in the United States in ridding those women who have to earn their 1lving of their traditional handicaps and getting all women to stand together to give the girls of today an equal chance with the boys in_earning their bread and butter. This organisation is not trying to encourage s¢x antagonism or the de- velopment of privileges for women such as men do not have, but merely equality in all things. Just as, a number of years ago. a merchant in a small town in Massa- chusetts was boycotted by men and women alike for employing a girl as a sales clerk in his retail store, 8o today men in large businesses or government offices who grant high positions to women who have won them by competitive examination are ridfculed fnto placing them In_lower positions and fliing the Higher pise: with men or makirg the women sim- ply figureheads an «ssistants to men who really hold the positions of im- portance. This Is not only true of the actual rirofeasions, but is also true of manv of the educational institutions traia- ing studentd for tnose professions. Many of the most prominent medical schools and hospital training schools still have their doors closed to girl medical students and will not Tlet them enter to secure the practical experience as internes which is abso- lutely necessary for success in that profession as a practicing physicia or specialist. Not until quite recent- 1y, when an endowment was made by a prominent woman to Johns Hopkins Medical School. with the special stin- ulation that the endowment would only ba available as long as women were allowed the interne and similar privileges of the institution the same men, did that school—one of the famous medical schools of the coun- try—open jts doors and_ welcome woman medical students. Yet all of the colleges and universities. as well as Institutions such as hospital train- ing schools under state or federal au- thority, owe part of their financial backing to ‘endowments by wealthy women or taxes collected from the property of women. The same thing is true of the law as a profession for women. Once a woman has secured her training in law and her degree from a college, she still has an overwhelming preju- dice to conguer in order to secure any kind of a paying position in munici- pal or stite government work, and to date rio federal judgeship has been given a woman. = Belva Lockwood, one of America’s most brilliant Por- tias, devoted her entire energies to- ward opening the doors of the Su- preme Court to woman lawyers and sacrificed her own career in obtaining this splendid advantage for women who will follow her. % Simllarly the unwritien conven- tions are choking off a8 far as possi- ble women's advance in other pro- fessions. Figures recently Issued by the United States bureau of educa- tion show that during the last few years the number of women graduat- ing from colleges and universities has greatly increased, but the number of good. high-paid positions for women 50 educated has greatly decreased. The Woman's Party is systematical- ly taking up this matter. . Careful and detalled research is made in each L ‘pairing service pays; pays not thers w! or which futu; 10, commerclal work, library work, clerical sing, osteopathy, 6, _soclal work, sclentific ‘work, teaching, writing and govern- fent’ work of all kinds. The supervisor of this work of the Woman's Party is Miss Alice Paul, the suffragist leader, who personally has had some unusual experiences. She recefved her LL. ogres from the sshington College of Law in June. 1sg. Paul completed her studies in J&w in ap _unusually short of ‘time by devoting herself witi reat tion to them. In the morn- ngs she studied law at Goorge Wash- n W - School, in the afternoon 8d It at the Wash! n Col- 0. and In the evening she was.always off to a lecture or study- l.n“ it somewlidns.gise. . 8 & girl Miss Paul attended » pri- Vvite school in Moorestwn, N. J., an‘d won a scholarship to ‘Swarthmore “College, from which she graduated in {1805, In Swarthmore she won & | schiolarship of the College Settlement. | Association, and so' spent a year at jthe Rivington Street College Settle- ment of New York. She aiso studied that year at the New York School of Philanthropy, receiving a diploma in 1906. The "next year she got her M. A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Agaln she won a scholarship, this time to the Wood- brook Settlement for Soclal- Work in Birmingham, England, nd while there she did much additional social work, especially along lines of vestigations of women's factory em- ployment. She even worked herself | as & factory hand in London. She studied during 1908-9 a grad- uate student in the School of Econom- ics at the University of London, and the next year saw the beginning of the | most sensational phase of her varied Icuru‘r. when Miss Paul took an active part in the English suffragist campaign. During the year 1909-10 she was im. prisoned three times in British jai and arrested four additional times in connection with her suffragist activi ties. She was very successful in man- aging the hunger-strike method of 3::1;;;":&.‘ 30 that in nearly every sentence ooy was considerably Upon her return to the United § in 1910, Miss Paul entered the md'::" school of the University of Pennsyl- :‘?e‘fio::‘dfl lllcr :gnn'ln‘ year received P of the unives G 3 she received her B dexree, for which her th: was already associated with the 'ol::.: suffragist movement of the state, and in 1912 became chairman of the con- gressional committee of the National American Woman Suffrage tion. In 1913 she was one of the organizers of the Congressional Union for Wom- an Suffcage (the same organisation now known as the Woman' Party) lnd‘wu chairman of that society un- til Its reorganization after the suf- frage amendment was won. S a result of participating in suf- frage demonstrations In. the Crited States, she was sentenced to seven o 8 In prison in Washington in 917, but the hunger-strike method worked again and her sentence lasted only five weeks. Twice in the next two years was she imprisoned for a ten-day and a five-day sentence. Both times she went on hunger stri went on hunger strike throughout the Activities of Interest To Washington Girls Tomorrow night the little girls who are meinbers of Troop 36 of the Girl Scouts of .the District of Columbia will meet at the home of their captain, Mrs, E. P. Jones, in Alexandria. The affair will be a farewell party for their cap- tain, who feaves Alexandria on August 1 for 'Colorado, where she expects to spend gome fime. At the party prises will be 8irls Wiho Won in nature-study camtem: held while the- troop was on a ten-day camping trip at Camp Rust, Va. The members of. the tfoop returned Washington - TUesday from this trip, Sara Chilcotte and Elizabeth Eidhane. {mer won prizes for their wkill {n the 'U‘G._ hunt conducted by the troop, when they recognized twenty-five distinet varieties of trees. Elizabeth Eidham- mer won 4 second prize when she and Audrey Allen distinguished forty-five different wild flowers in the fiower hunt. The meeting at Mys Jones' fomorrow night will take the ";“:"' e meeting for the month of iss Marguerite Riegel wa. of the delegation of sy gir et ing the industrial girls' clubs aMiliated With the Y. W. C. A., who left last week for Camp Nepahwin, near Canton, by where the association has its summer {camp conferences. The girls expect to 0. Wasi y Rigon 4 hington on Friday, e presentation of the cley - tainment, “Main Street.” under. the auspices of the business girla’ ciubs of the Y. W. C. A., proved an unusual suc. cess, over 700 people attending. The definite amount made by this entertain. ment will not be known till fall, when all the various clubs have turned in their statements at the first meetings of the new season, but the association feels assured of a tidy sum to place in the treasury for use next summer in fpcuring camp quafters for the clubs— L t for which this -money was -a-lot Lodge ; will short breathing spell m:‘: )‘lfl-fl‘q’e&r‘- tles this week. So far, mo particular group has placed reservations for its use, aside from the two large groups of girls who go th g every Tuosaner to spend the even- Wednesday the girls of & £chool who are momb!n:ceor;u.l.k:e Hj’fi‘: Secour Club, aMiliated with the Y. W. C. A. enjoved & day at the attractive little cabin on the river. Groups of girls in the girl reserve division of the association held merry parties there on Thursday and Friday afternoons. —_—— " The Weaker Sex. From the Birmingham Age-Herald. “Your married life was unhappy?’ “Yes, your honor.” said . the sube dued man who was applying for a divorce. “Our union developed into & | war of attrition. “And that's why Peu are here?" “Exactly. I wore out first.” ET.us canyince you, by a test, {hat our Pressing, Dyeing and Pe-. only in the - fonger-life it gives your garments, but in the greater joy and from them. satisfaction you get Shph'l‘c phone right m-\l § CLEAN CLEANTRAI Call Main 4724 & 8T, NSt ~ L ey The Home With a Personahty Ik-—Style, Inherited Handiceps and Fossibilities. Note: Miss Hodges, who is a professional interior’ decorator, will answer questions addressed | to her in care of The Star, pro- vided stamped and self-ad- dressed envelope &re inclosed for reply. Such inquiries as are ! of general interest will be pub- lished, with their answers, using only the initials of the inquirers. OR the person who is fortunate tnough to possess 4 modern home, or a very old one, built to conform to a certain definite style or period, the problem of fur- nishing is comparstively wimple. It is we, and we are the great majority unfortunately, who live in the nonde- script. commonplace variety of house, either in a menotonous city row, or the almost equully uninteresting type %0 common in our small towns and countrysides, who have the really dif- ficult problem of infusing character and personality into a house that primarily can lay no claim whatever to distinction. When added to that we are sur- rounded with and our spirits warped and deadened by a miscellaneous lot of mediocre furniture collected at random through the years, and ghe amount of money available for refur- nishing Is small, the temptation is to give up at the beginning the effort to reach the unattainable. Although the problem is not easy, it certainly is not hopeless, and by dint of much hard work, careful planning and thought a great deal can be accom- plished. How many of us are alive to the really artistic possibilities of such homely things as cleanlinexs, neat- ness, fresh paint and the elimination of non-essentials? Who of us does not exclaim over the charm of a little white cottage with green blinds the last analysis is it not its cl freshness- that appeals so strongly to ui Surely the old New England kitch- cus of which we read, with their s less pine. floors and tables, thei shining copper kettles, and window silis filled with flowering plants, were truly artistic and strong and sturdy of character, and yet how homely and simple. 1 remember once peeping into the fron: window of an old farmhouse own- ed by some Quakers in West Virginia while 1 was waliting_for some one to answer my knock. ‘There was some- thing impelling about that house that made me long to see every room in it. From the open door could be seen a quaint old shelf of books, a dropleaf table and a couple of time-worn Wind- sor chairs. No floor coverings of ai kind were visible, not even any simple curtains at the windows, but everything immaculate and even primly neat. The whole place, with. its beautiful, weil kept garden and flowers, spoke elo- quently of the straightforward honesty, simplicity and thrift of its owners. In other words, it was a_home strong in personality, although the fine old Qua- kers who lived there guite evidently spent no money in its embellishment; and it is that sort of character that any one's bome can express, no matter how riehr or poor. A little practice with paint and brush will ‘wonders with soiled, dingy woodwork, and there is something posi- tively uplifting about new wall paper. no matter how inexpensive, especially if it is well chosen. Fortunately, there ghm papers in_very good colors on the market now at a price within the reach of almost every one. It is not always eaxy W AW old.things. We get aceustomed to see- ing them around, and sc our houses get overcrowded with pleces of worn-out furniture, bits of bric-a-brac and odds and ends that have long since outlived their usefulness. A really critical and conscientious survey of one's pusses- sions would probably miean the elimina- tion of more than one ugly old piece of furniture and cheap ornament that | never was especially 8@ rative and that has served no more @seful end than to collect dust, make ;work and destroy the restfulress ard dignity of vour rooms. Having miace oh¥ or more of the changes they needed, you will be amazed at ths “atmosphere” your cne-time commA#place home Is begi ning to take o€ 4nd you will begin t pian with entbuMlasm the next step in the rejuvenatién of your own little cor- ner of the worid, an occupation tha will become Mffe engrossing and Ki more and more satisfaction and happi ccomplished 11 consider the studied in respect 1o ¢, lincs and propor its design or st tions. QUESTI&NS ANSWERED. Question—W hat do you consider tis most importemt thing to do first in redecorating % room’—B. O. = Answer—TE» walls, decidedly. They- make the barkground against whica the furniture pictures and other o jects are shawn. If the walls are soiled, or are too intense in color, or the wrong cclor for the lighting ane exposure of “he room and the colors™ in it, no maiter how fine the furni- ture ‘and fabTes may be, their effect” will either D% lost entirely or c siderably less<ned by the wrong back = ground. A “ubsequent article will take up the wubject of wall treat ments. Question—Winit do you thin - use of wicker furniture?—S. Answer—Wicker furniture can be used successfully in almost any room in the house, elther as the comple! furnishing or ia odd picces course, it seems Sspecially attractive, for the porch. bur it is made in such good designs and *olorings that it is’ adaptable for a great many uses. When buving wicker furniture. as in « everything else, it pays to study the market and buy a ¥ood quality k of the P Question—What is the latest styls in interior decoratica?—C. S. T. Answer—I1 think i can truthfully say that interior desorating in its best expression is léMs affected by: constantly changing styles, as we use the word today, thas almost amy other industry.” Tt because fhe best results in home decorating ar® obtained by using things thai ame beautiful in line, color and form im: themselves and most sutable for the place they are to fill. Along those: lines the art of decorating advanogm: and develops from year .0 year, BULT from a mere style standppint. as suehaz one season is not very different frumev another. ant T Perfect Bridgework; .’ <d Miw a5 ads That Looks Like Natural Teeth | HAVE_BEEN_COMPLI. MENTED TIME AFTER TIME FOR THE NATURAL-LIKE BRIDGEWORK | HAVE PER- FECTED FOR MY PATIENTS. PERFECT. LASTING DENTAL WORK AT MODER- ATE CHARGES, SEE DR. WONDER. DR. WONDER Dentist Phone Fr. 8031 Cor. 12th and F Sts. (Over Stinemetz.) Entrance 1203 F 8t NW